Who was John Steinbeck, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature who portrayed the contradictions of the American dream?

The literary work of 20th-century American Nobel laureate John Steinbeck has returned to circulation following the adaptation of his novel East of Eden. Cultural analysis by literary critic Flavia Pittella, featured in a midday column, reviewed the trajectory of the acclaimed author and highlighted how his writing famously portrayed the contradictions of the American dream.